Symptoms of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae is the pathogen of human mycoplasma pneumonia, which is a common disease, can occur in all seasons of the year, the range of its incidence is relatively wide, young people and children are likely to suffer from this disease, Mycoplasma pneumoniae has a certain infectious, can be spread through droplets. So what are the symptoms of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection? Now let's take a look at the symptoms of Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

Symptoms of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

The onset was slow, most of them were pharyngitis and bronchitis, 10% were pneumonia. The main symptoms are shivering, fever, fatigue, headache, discomfort, irritative dry cough, accompanied by sticky sputum, purulent sputum, and even bloody sputum. In severe cases, there may be shortness of breath and chest pain during severe cough; It can also have nausea, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea and joint pain, myocarditis, pericarditis, hepatitis, peripheral neuritis, meningitis, skin spot papules and other extrapulmonary manifestations.

Congestion and edema of nasopharynx and conjunctiva, enlargement of cervical lymph nodes and skin rash may occur; Chest signs are not obvious, pulmonary auscultation may have fine moist rales, occasionally pleural frications and pleural effusion sign.

X-ray showed that the lung lesions were patchy or confluent. Bronchopneumonia or interstitial. Pneumonia with acute bronchitis. There may be a small amount of exudate in alveoli, focal atelectasis, pulmonary consolidation and emphysema. Neutrophils and large monocytes infiltrated into the alveolar wall and septum.

matters needing attention

Keep the indoor air fresh, supply digestible and nutritious food and enough liquid. Keep oral hygiene and respiratory tract unobstructed, often turn over, pat back, change body position, promote secretion discharge, if necessary, appropriate sputum suction, remove viscous secretion.